The second album by Chris Moyles is out now (released Monday November 5th 2012). The album was produced by Chris Moyles and Music 4's Creative Managing Director, Sandy Beech. The majority of the album was recorded right here at Music 4 Studios.

Sandy and the team at Music 4 have produced every track from scratch (rather than using existing backing tracks) and the album also features a number of original tracks written by the same team behind many of Music 4's famous Jingles, TV Themes and Production Music.

Music 4 Studios were busy throughout August and September recording the album.

Music 4's Managing Director Sandy Beech and the team here at Music 4 Studios are the production team behind the brilliant new Chris Moyles Album. Chris Moyles - The Difficult Second Album (Mercury Records) is Released Nov 5th 2012 and features guest performances from Pixie Lott, The Rizzle Kicks, Olly Murs, Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Ricky Wilson, Ed Sheeran and many more.

Sandy was hired as the album's producer and recorded and mixed the majority of the album right here at Music 4. Every track has been produced from scratch (rather than using existing backing tracks) and the album also features a number of original tracks written by Sandy and the team behind many of Music 4's famous Jingles, TV Themes and Production Music.

Music 4 Studios were busy throughout August and September recording vocals and overdubs for the album.

Three competition finalists spent the morning at Music 4 writing and producing jingles for The Chris Moyles Show, kicking off a day of creative challenges. Natalie, Luke and Jack were told on air at 7.45am this morning that they had to come to Music 4 and write a jingle each. Our studios, producer Small Paul and the rest of the Music 4 team together with jingle singer, Richard Oliver, were all on standby ready to go. The jingles were written and recorded and played out on air by 9.45am ... not a bad turnaround time!

The winners were treated like superstars (well, we gave them coffee and yummy croissants!).

The eventual winner will get to go VIP (with up to 20 of their mates!) to Radio 1's massive dance party in Torbay, Devon this weekend, celebrating the arrival of the Olympic Torch on UK soil and showcasing the best in dance music.

As a special treat for Chris Moyles, Music 4 teamed up with The BBC Concert Orchestra, Pixie Lott, JLS, One Direction and even Radio 1's Sarah Cox for a musical feast this morning to celebrate Chris' birthday. Between 8am and 10am, all of the jingles on Chris' show were performed live.

We've done live jingles before but never with a 62 piece orchestra! It was no mean feat keeping the whole thing secret but we pulled it off and it sounded incredible.

It was a real team effort between the show's producers at BBC Radio 1 and of course the guys here at Music 4.

We were also heavily involved with an amazing new version and arrangement of Pixie Lott's "All About Tonight" that was re-written by Comedy Dave to sing "All About Chris Moyles".

Check out some photos from this morning below and you can see more pictures on the Radio 1 Website ... if you have a spare half hour or so take a look at this amazing video!

Congratulations to Chris Moyles, Comedy Dave and the entire team at BBC Radio 1 for the monumental, record breaking 52 hour broadcast for Comic Relief. The broadcast raised a huge amount of money (over 2.6 million pounds) and created some of the best radio ever heard in the UK. It was also watched by millions of people on the BBC Red Button and Radio 1 Website.

Chris and Dave now hold the record for BBC Radio 1's longest ever show and the world's longest music radio programme.

It was of course our great pleasure to create all of the imaging beds and elements used throughout the show including all of the post production featuring US voice talent Paul Turner (over 100 openers / id's and stagers).

New beds and mixes were also created as the show went out as we reacted to what was happening on-air.

We are extremely proud to have played a part in this record breaking radio show and we hope Chris, Dave and the team at Radio 1 get a lot of sleep this weekend!

The latest set of radio listening figures are in (RAJAR) and once again, many stations using Music 4 jingles to brand their stations have had a fantastic set of figures. Congratulations to Magic 105.4. Once again they remain the number 1 commercial station in London. Congratulations also go to Chris Moyles and the team at BBC Radio 1 who have also posted a great set of figures. Well done to all our other client stations who have seen listening increases in this latest set of RAJAR figures.

To do well in RAJAR takes a lot of hard work, great presenters, promotions and of course the right music selections/rotations, but a great set of jingles also helps stations to standout and be "recalled" when listeners are asked to fill in those all important diaries.

Music 4 are often asked to do 'almost impossible things' and Radio 1's latest request was no different... make Tina Daheley from The Chris Moyles Show sing in tune! On playing the new Chris Brown / Chipmunk track on Radio 1, Chris wondered if they could remove Chris Brown and replace him with someone else. Tone deaf Tina offered and we were asked to work our magic.

Tina recorded her vocals at Music 4 studios yesterday afternoon and the results were played out on Radio 1 early this morning.

The 'Hard Men Promo' for Five USA won gold at The Promax Awards on Friday Night! Needless to say we are extremely proud of this achievement. Written and directed by Robin Burke, it was sang by Richard Oliver who is our go to jingle singer known for heating up the mic on the Chris Moyles jingles. Our very own Small Paul mixed this promo in our Music 4 studios. This is a great honour as the Promax Awards are recognized around the world as the highest recognitions of achievement for promotion and marketing professionals. Well done guys.

Not only is BBC Radio 1's Matt Fincham part of the award winning team behind The Chris Moyles Show, he is also a bit of a 'radio jingle anorak' so to help him celebrate his birthday today, we gave Matt a very special gift. Complete with full artwork by our very own in house designer Andre, Matt this morning received a CD full of our world famous Radio 1 '1tros' (the little sonic logos we create weekly for Radio 1). He also got his own special birthday jingle.

The whole thing happened live on air this morning, just after 9am and you can hear it by clicking here.

Music 4 have created a new mix of the main theme for The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 to reflect the World Cup taking place in South Africa. In addition to the remixed theme, we are updating Chris's jingles regularly during the tournament to reflect England's performance.

Audio coming soon, but for now, here's a blast from the past... The Chris Moyles World Cup Song.. still sounding great 4 years on: click here ... Still sounds great!

US songstress Alicia Keys is apparently singing the praises of 'North Wales', a Chris Moyles Parody song recorded here at Music 4. The song, a parody of her hit with rapper Jay-Z, Empire State of Mind, is being played every day this week by Radio 1's Chris Moyles show in the run up to Radio 1's Big Weekend.

Instead of waxing lyrical over Brooklyn and Harlem, 'Keys' praises the delights of Conwy and Llandudno Junction.
But the show revealed: "It's a tongue-in-cheek tribute by a session singer."

See the full story on BBC NEWS or click 'go to project' below to hear a 30 second sample of the track.

Music 4 created a number of custom jingles and provided back catalogue material for 'When Chris Moyles Met The Radio 1 DJ's" which went out on BBC 2 last Sunday night. If you didn't get a chance to see the show, you can still see it on the BBC iPlayer but only until this sunday (May 16th 2010)...to see it CLICK HERE

So, BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles is stuck in New York but is back on the air via the studios of Sirius Radio. To reflect this, Music 4 has managed to turn around new versions of his jingles reflecting the fact that Chris is a VAV (a victim of volcanic ash).

Music 4 is starting 2010 with a bang thanks to a number of new music commissions including the latest themes for The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1. Recorded at our biggest ever session at Abbey Road Studio 1 with a full orchestra and then mixed and mastered here at Music 4 Studios, this is one BIG sounding package!

Click 'go to project' below to hear the results and
check out some photos from the recording session.

Also coming soon... new jingles for BBC London 94.9 and new packages for Wave 105 and Spin Southwest (Ireland).

'Never Gonna Snow' is one of several original tracks co-written and produced by the team here at Music 4 for 'Chris Moyles - The Parody Album'. To see the fantastic video for this track, click here.

This video has been airing on many TV music channels including 4Music, Viva and Magic TV.

The Parody Album has now gone 'Gold' selling well over 100,000 copies in just four weeks. The album is still available in stores or on iTunes. If you get the album on iTunes, you also get a full length 'making of the album' video too!.

For the past six weeks, Music 4's MD Sandy Beech has been locked in the studio working on the forthcoming album from Chris Moyles. Chris Moyles - The Parody Album will be released on Sony Records on the 23rd of November but is available to pre-order now from HMV, Amazon or Play for delivery on the day of release.

Sandy believes people are going to really enjoy this album.

"Chris and I have worked very hard to rework the most popular parody songs played out on his Radio 1 show and take them to a whole new level. Every track has been recorded from scratch and several tracks feature guest appearances from the likes of Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs), Calvin Harris and more. In addition, we've written a number of brand new tracks including the very catchy 'It's Never Gonna Snow At Christmas' which should get everyone in a festive mood! Whether you are familiar with Chris's parody songs or not, this album will make you laugh out loud"

Chris Moyles - The Parody Album was produced by Sandy Beech and Chris Moyles, recorded, mixed and mastered here at Music 4 Studios with additional recording undertaken at Abbey Road Studios.

On Monday September the 7th 2009, Chris Moyles became Radio 1's longest ever serving breakfast show host, beating the record previously held by Tony Blackburn (Radio 1's first ever breakfast show presenter) since Tony came off the breakfast show on the 1st of June 1974. The team here at Music 4 are extremely proud to have been with Chris every step of the way on this massive journey as the creators and producers of the shows now famous on-air branding, jingles and beds.

Over the past five years we have produced hundreds of jingles and beds for the show including the legendary 'opening song' which launched Chris onto the Radio 1 Breakfast Show in January 2004.

We remain pretty certain that the 'opening song' is the longest 'jingle' ever to be actually broadcast in full on the radio and to celebrate Chris's record breaking show the whole thing was played again (with a few changes here and there).

Music 4 have created the theme tune for 'Chris Moyles' Quiz Night' on Channel 4. Chris Moyles has a new weekly show on Channel 4 (Sunday nights at 10pm) and has once again chosen to work with the team here at Music 4 to create the theme tune for the show.

The theme for 'Chris Moyles' Quiz Night' is performed live on the show by an eight-piece, all-female big band and is based on one of his favourite Music 4 jingles from his Radio 1 show called 'Morning Retro'.

Music 4 have produced the theme tune for all the coverage of The Big Climb for Comic Relief 2009 on BBC Radio 1. Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton and seven other brave celebs have gone to Africa for one of the biggest challenges of their lives....they are walking for seven days to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money for Comic Relief.

In addition to the main theme for the coverage of the climb on Radio 1, while Chris climbs the mountain, Vernon Kay is presenting the Breakfast Show and we've customised Chris' jingles to reflect this on-air change.

Lady GaGa, Duffy, Actor Richard Briers, Keith Chegwin, Kate Thornton, Newsreader Alistair Stewart and actor Joel Beckett (aka Eastenders Jake Moon) are the latest set of famous faces to visit the team here at Music 4 Studios. Chart-topper Lady GaGa visited Music 4 to promote her new album "The Fame" (which includes her number 1 single "Just Dance") with a series of ISDN and face-to-face interviews to a number of local and regional radio stations.

We were delighted to welcome back Duffy on her 3rd return visit to Music 4 to talk about her success this year. Duffy undertook ISDN interviews to regional radio stations as well as face-to-face interviews.

The team at Music 4 and Music 4 Studios have been working hard throughout December on fresh new imaging for BBC Radio 1... A number of new jingles and themes have been produced for The Chris Moyles Show and Newsbeat.

The hugely popular Chris Moyles Show moves into it's 5th year in January 2009 and will burst back on the air with new jingles, themes and contest beds for the show.

Music 4's music imaging for London's number 1 radio station, Magic 105.4, picks up a Gold at the Sony Radio Awards 2008 and Chris Moyles wins a Gold for Best Breakfast... It was an exciting evening at The Sony Radio Awards for the Music 4 team as our work for Magic 105.4 helped the station secure the gold award for station imaging.

Judges comments:

"There was one word that all the judges said when they heard this entry “Class”. The playlist and the production feel perfectly at home together - this is imaging that totally works on the air. Consistent imaging/brand positioning. A rich feel and depth of sound in all imaging executions. Very clear messaging making it easy for listeners to understand the proposition".

In addition, Chris Moyles picked up the coveted Best Breakfast Award. Music 4 creates a vast amount of custom music tracks and jingles featured on Chris's show and are very proud to be a part of Radio 1's most successful breakfast show for many years. Many other Music 4 clients walked away with awards at the ceremony so congratulations to all this years winners.

Previous successes at the Sony's in the station imaging category featuring our work include a Gold for BBC 7 and several bronze and silver awards for BBC Radio 1.

2008 has been non-stop so far for the music team here at Music 4 and a selection of the projects we have been working on are now on line... Just added to the catalogue in music services are new projects for BBC Radio 1 (1tros and Chris Moyles) and Capital 95.8 London.

The music studios (and our team) are flat out right now but we'll update the catalogue as often as possible so keep an ear out out for new projects for Radio City's CITY TALK, huge new packages for BBC London 94.9 & BBC Three Counties Radio, new cuts for BBC Tees plus the remixed 60 Seconds theme for BBC Three TV currently airing.

We've also been racking up some airmiles...from Ireland we'll be bringing you new stuff for Today FM (The Ray Foley Show), Spin Southwest, WLR FM and more soon!

The nominations for the prestigious Sony Radio Academy Awards were announced last night. Our work for Magic 105.4 in London played a sizeable role in the stations successful nomintion in The Station Imaging Award. Many other Music 4 clients had good news too. Three out of the five shows nominated for Best Breakfast Show are branded by Music 4 (Chris Moyles-Radio 1, Johnny Vaughn-Captial 95.8 and Jo & Twiggy-Trent FM).

Radio City, Radio 1, BBC7 and Virgin Radio also picked up nominations too. Good luck to all at the awards on 12th of May 2008.